About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 74. Chapters: Hillbilly, Nerd, Beatnik, Sloane Ranger, Social stigma, Mitic, Stereotypes of animals, Hipster, Metrosexual, Chav, Idee fixe, Ethnicity of performers in pornography, Redneck, Spastic, Reappropriation, Stereotypes of groups within the United States, Ugly American, Bogan, Geek, Taiheki, Boy racer, Catholic guilt, The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid, Bridge and tunnel, Rhodie, Physical attractiveness stereotype, U-Haul lesbian, Stuff White People Like, Motorway man, Molly Mormon, Wife acceptance factor, Nurse stereotypes, Pokemon, Stereotype fit hypothesis, Goobacks, Counterstereotype, Essex man, Spide, White van man, Skell, Cat lady, Gopnik, Bright Young People, Chad, Labelling, Things Bogans Like, Tartanry, Ocker, Starving artist, Boy next door, Beauf, Coastie, New Russian, Yipster, Bad boy, Redneck joke, Pigeonholing, Social stigma of obesity, Plain Jane, Bias and sensitivity guidelines. Excerpt: Social stigma is a severe social disapproval of personal characteristics or beliefs that are perceived to be against cultural norms. Erving Goffman defined stigma as 'the process by which the reaction of others spoils normal identity'. The three forms of stigma recognised by Goffman include: The experience of a mental illness (or the imposition of such a diagnosis); a physical form of deformity or an undesired differentness; or an association with a particular race, religion, belief, etc. (Goffman, 1990). Mental illness, physical disabilities and diseases such as leprosy (or herpes), about which leprosy stigma may also be called, as well as illegitimacy, sexual orientation, skin tone or affiliation with a specific nationality, religion (or lack of religion) or being deemed to be or proclaiming oneself to be of a certain ethnicity, in any of myriad geopolitical and corresponding sociopolitical contexts in ...
